my life in a philadelphia rowhome with my five children, ages 4 thru 11, and the daily insanity that ensues.

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

poor baby

so...yesterday culminated with a trip to the children's hospital of philadelphia for dennis and i. on sunday, when tommy and i picked the children up from my parent's house (my mom kept the kids for us saturday night so we could go out. sunday was my birthday), dennis had started throwing up and was running a fever. we got some tylenol in him and got him home with no more vomit. monday he still had a fever, so i took him to the doctor, where i was told he has a stomach virus...that is contagious...try to keep him away from the other kids. that shouldn't be a problem here, we'll just keep him in the sick wing of the house. ha. he did not eat one. single. thing. on monday. he is a 35 pound three year old (to put this in perspective, caroline is a 33 pound two year old). nor did he really drink anything. tuesday morning, same thing, however now we've added the fact that he only peed once in around 18 hours to the mix. you guessed it...doctor says off to the er for some fluids.

luckily, we live in a city with one of the top children's hospitals in the country. it literally takes me 10 to 15 minutes to get there. it is one of the truly great trade-offs for being city dwellers (no backyard but exceptional medical care for my babies). we got to CHOP and they took us right away. my poor, lethargic baby was so good. right up until they had to stick a vein to draw blood and give him the iv. so sad and pathetic...poor little guy. however, after he had some fluids and a dose of tylenol (his fever spiked to 102 while we were there) he perked up considerably. the fever did come back through the night and he did throw up again, but he seems to be a little better today and the fever seems to much lower. yay for him!

the real question here now is...with five kids and a communion party (which is also a graduation party for my sister in law) on saturday for which i am doing all the food for about 175 people...how many of those five children will be sick and at the hospital by then? i'll keep you posted...

oh sorry to hear that, how is he now? sad it was a bad timing for your birthday, we have the same birthday by the way, belated happy birthday! how can you enjoy it when you know your kid is not ok, i too had migraine during that day and only stayed at my room.